‘No matter the cost’ – Afghanistan’s secret schools survive against the odds
Mahnaz was just 15 when the Taliban returned to power and brought in a blanket ban on older girls attending...
Reports
‘A market in name only’ – Taliban’s broken promises stifle female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
Adiba set up her shop in a market in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif that the Taliban set up for women...
How ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes
To be a father of daughters in the Taliban’s Afghanistan has become a daily nightmare for Amir. Now, he says, he is...
Imprisoned and gang-raped by the Taliban: An Afghan ex-soldier speaks out
Warning: This report contains accounts of sexual assault. By Haniya Frotan The Taliban had been back in power in Afghanistan...
As the world marks menstrual health day, Afghan girls are left in the dark
As much of the world marks Menstrual Health Day with calls for greater awareness and access to sanitary products, in...
Interview with Joël van Houdt: Photographing Afghanistan Beyond the Clichés
Rukhshana Media sat down with Dutch photojournalist Joël van Houdt to talk about his work in Afghanistan and upcoming photo...
‘It’s worth a piece of bread’ – how a ban on selling hair robbed Afghan women of one of their last ways to earn
In a quiet alley in western Afghanistan, a middle-aged woman swathed in a hijab is pleading with a dealer to...
Meet the Afghan woman braving all to protect children from polio
Every year for the past decade, Zohra* has spent weeks criss-crossing the mountains of central Afghanistan on foot, braving both...
In Afghanistan’s religious schools, girls must adhere to strict appearance codes—or face punishment
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, religious schools, the only option left for girls after the shutdown of formal education, have become spaces...
Secret Kabul photo exhibition showcases Afghan women’s pain and resilience
Afghan photographer Homa Mohammadi* braves constant intimidation in the course of her work, once having her camera smashed up by...
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